Who made Ranneberger the Kenya spokesman and the know it all on all matters Kenyan? If he loves us that much ,let him go campaign for Obama. We know where his loyalties lie--with MacCain the Republican candidate with his mentor, the hawkish Bush who is responsible for the mess kenya is in with the wretched of the earth -the IDPS- forgotten. If Ranneberger really loves Kenyans, he should have made resettlement of the IDPS a condition before a new cabinet could be announced.After all his government is an expert on conditionalities? And how patriotic are these civil society groups who see the wood before the trees?What is all this talk about Human Rights!!Will I ever again take US seriously on human rights?

Ranneberger may not be Kenya's spokesman but he has stated important issues here that cannot be ignored. Apart from helping us understand how the PM's office will operate, he has also touched on issues about reform that need to be put in place as soon as possible to help us move forward. If you have been watching the news closely, you should be able to decipher the fact that people are asking for equality. Building police stations will not solve the IDP problem. People have to see justice done at all levels. Am not condoning what happened in Eld, but am surprised that the government is busy arresting and convicting people in Eldoret and Mount Elgon but nothing is being done or said about those who committed the same crimes in Naivasha and Nakuru. We have not heard of any arrests. Nobody is pulling an operation on Mungiki yet they too are a militia group. Would you blame the Kalenjins for refusing to let the Kikuyus go back to their land if they are seing this kind of favouritism? People have to be assured that in future we will all be given equal opportunities for them to live in harmony again. That is not Bush's or Rannebergers making. It is our own. So stop blameshifting and think of how best we can help Kenyans to live in harmony and trust each other again.

No one has bared the brunt of the security agents like Mungiki at least in riftvalley they are being arrested and they hope that they will appear in court soon. But for mungiki they are kindnapped tortured and then killed. I hope you saw the news last night about the two suspects who were executed by the police. Forget the police theory that they are kiling themselves it is just a police way turning the heat from themselves. I have not heard any ngo seeking for justice for these young men. Most of them are innocent thats why the police are reluctant to charge them.

While I agree that the ambassador of the US should not play spokesman for our country I feel that we should stop looking for scapegoats. The IDPs are a result of some leaders greed, needless to go into the details. So we should not be oversensitive and always react to any thing said the way I see done here. The US ambassador is justifying the funds they are giving for the PMs office, period.

So let's start bulding our nation and not keep playing the blaming game we are all so good at. This way ambassadors from other countries will only be able to praise our accomplishments and not insist on our downfalls.

Poor Raila: Now he has to be validated by foreigners. who OWN Kenya and dictate the terms for governance.

Is the valiant spirit of the ODM dead?

Is the ODM scrambling to find new leaders that have the conviction to stand firm for the people's aspirations and yearning to be free from those within and without who would harm Kenya?